In the late 1990’s, the government, via well publicized news releases, requested that “ALL” health care providers implement health care compliance programs as a means to self-police themselves to ensure compliance with health care laws and rules, as well as to facilitate detection and correction of identified misconduct. This request was made in conjunction with the governments increased focus on combating health care fraud, that was greatly enhanced by the passage of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).


Unfortunately, when most health care providers hear “HIPAA” they think of patient confidentiality and record security, but not the most significant aspect of this law - the expanded ability of the federal government to combat health care fraud and abuse, including:


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